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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2024 Nov 13.
Published in final edited form as: Cancer Cell. 2023 Oct 19;41(11):1945–1962.e11. doi: 10.1016/j.ccell.2023.09.012

Table 1.

Univariate (UV) and multivariate (MV) Cox proportional hazard models for recurrence-free and overall survival for all patients with baseline samples (N=96).

Variable Recurrence-free Survivala Overall Survival
UV MV UV MVl
pval
HR (95%CI)b pval pval
HR (95%CI)
pval
Tumor L. Iners c <0.01 d 5.79 (1.98–16.95) <0.01 0.02 8.60 (1.77–71.77) <0.01
Institution
LBJe
MDACCf 0.29 0.07
Age (years) 0.36 0.41
Race
Asian/Black/Other
Hispanic 0.16 0.99
White 0.52 0.20
BMIf (kg/m2) 0.84 0.40
Smoking Status
Never
Former 0.76 0.29
Current 0.43 0.63
Histology
Non-squamousg
Squamous 0.68 0.12
LVSI
No
Yes 0.91 0.86
Unknown 0.57 0.79
FIGO 2009 Stage h
II-II
III-IV 0.01 2.49 (1.18–5.25) 0.02 0.27 2.82 (0.93–8.49) 0.07
Grade
Other/Unknown
1 0.99 0.99
2 0.09 0.22
3 0.83 0.70
HPV Type
HPV 16/18
Negative/Other 0.19 0.07
Cisplatin Cycles 0.36 0.81
Radiation Dose (Gy) 0.92 0.03
Antibiotic Use i
No
Yes 0.58 0.08
Nodal Status
Negative
Positive 0.84 0.99
Tumor Dimension (cm) 0.51 0.44
Gut Diversity j <0.05 0.03 (5.6E–05 –21.19) 0.30 0.01
Gut Evenness k 0.18 0.03
a

N=33 recurrence events.

b

Hazard Ratio and 95% Confidence interval on HR for cox proportional hazard (Cox PH) models.

c

Increasing relative counts in baseline (pretreatment) tumor swabs.

d

Bold font indicates p<0.05 variables included in multivariate Cox PH models.

e

Lyndon B. Johnson Hospital, Harris Health System, Houston TX.

f

The University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center, Houston TX.

g

Adenocarcinoma and adenosquamous carcinoma.

h

The International Federation of Gynecology and Obstetrics.

i

Antibiotic use within 30 days of baseline swab collection extracted from inpatient and outpatient pharmacy and electronic medical record data, antifungals not included.

j

Simpson gut diversity (continuous).

k

Pielou’s evenness metric.

l

Overall survival multivariate model includes only gut diversity due to limited number of events.